Higher education

Chronic disease

Pesticide exposure

Men who ate fruits and vegetables with higher levels of pesticide residues—such as apples, strawberries, spinach, and peppers—had lower sperm count and a lower percentage of normal sperm than those who ate produce with lower residue levels

Executive action

Millions of undocumented immigrants could get a reprieve from the threat of deportation and a chance for legal employment in the U.S. under a recent proposed executive action from President Obama

Higher ed leader

Janet Napolitano, former Sec. of Homeland Security and Gov. of Arizona and current president, Univ. of California, talked to a packed house at Harvard Chan

Risk model

Researchers have developed the first global model for predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The model will be of particular help to public health professionals, clinicians, and patients in developing countries for prevention of CVD.